App Usage

App Users Spend 77% of Their Time on Their Top 3 Apps

American adults spend almost 18 hours a week on their smartphones. Much of that time is undoubtedly spent using apps, which is why it is so important for brands and publishers to have their own mobile app.

Unfortunately for any app publisher, having an app is one thing, but getting people to use it is the real challenge. According to comScore's 2017 U.S. Mobile App Report, smartphone users are pretty limited when it comes to the apps they actually and extensively use. In the United States, smartphone users spend almost 80 percent of their total app usage on their favorite three apps and a stunning 96 percent on their personal top 10 apps.

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This chart shows how much time smartphone users in the U.S. spend using their personal favorite apps.

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Distribution of the time spent using mobile apps worldwide in 2024, by category
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Time spent using smartphone per week in the United States in 2025, by age
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Average daily time spent on smartphones among teenagers in the United States as of November 2022
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Perceived time spent on smartphones among adults in the United States in 2026
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Share of time spent daily using selected app categories for mobile users in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2nd quarter 2022
Distribution of global time spent on mobile in 2020 to 2022, by category

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